21258: Not staying overnight in Mina during the days of Tashreeq

I hope that you can explain the ruling on not staying overnight in Mina during the Days of Tashreeq. If the answer is that (the one who does not stay in Mina) is obliged to offer a sacrifice, then should he offer a sheep for each night or is one sufficient?

Praise be to Allaah.

Staying
overnight in Mina during the Days of Tashreeq is obligatory according
to the majority of fuqahaa’; the one who fails to do that with no excuse
is obliged to offer a sacrifice. According to the majority of scholars
one should stay there for most of the night.

(al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah, part 17, p. 58).

Not staying overnight in Mina during the Days of Tashreeq
may be one of the following cases:

The first case: when a person does not stay overnight
in Mina because he has an excuse.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz was asked about the ruling on a person
who does not stay overnight in Mina during the Days of Tashreeq. He
said: “He is not obliged to offer any sacrifice because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): ‘So keep your
duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you can’ [al-Taghaabun 64:16]
– whether he did not stay overnight at Mina because of sickness or because
there was no room, of for some similar legitimate excuse such as those
who bring water to the pilgrims and those who tend sheep, and whatever
else comes under the same rulings.

The second case: when a person does not stay overnight
(in Mina) during the days of Tahsreeq with no excuse.

The Shaykh (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

Whoever
does not stay overnight in Mina during the Days of Tashreeq with no
excuse has failed to do something which was prescribed by the Messenger
of Allaah SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in both word
and deed, and by the fact that he made a concession for some of those
who have excuses such as shepherds and those who bring water to the
pilgrims. Concessions can only be made when there is something which
has to be done. Hence staying overnight in Mina during the Days of Tashreeq
is considered to be one of the obligatory duties of Hajj, according
to the more correct of the two scholarly views, and whoever does not
do that and has no legitimate excuse has to offer a sacrifice, because
it was reported that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both)
said: “Whoever fails to do one of the rituals [of Hajj] or forgets it,
let him offer a sacrifice.” It is sufficient to offer one sacrifice
for not staying overnight in Mina during the days of Tashreeq.”